By The Admin on December 23, 2009
SHARON OTTERMAN, New York Times
- For more than three decades, they sang Mozart in Latin, Bach in German, and Cole Porter and Stevie Wonder in English, from Alice Tully Hall in New York to Royal Albert Hall in London.
For the audiences that marveled at the Boys Choir of Harlem, it was an additional wonder that [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm
By The Admin on December 22, 2009
Ann Nixon Cooper, the Atlanta centenarian lauded by President Barack Obama in his election night speech last year, has died. She was 107.
Obama in his 2008 speech called Cooper an example of “the heartbreak and the hope” of the past century. He noted she was born at a time when women and blacks couldn’t [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on December 22, 2009
Emily Chang, CNN
- It all started with the lure of the glitz, the glamour and the dream of being China’s next pop star. But, as with many reality shows, Lou Jing’s instant fame came with unanticipated consequences.
Lou Jing was born 20 years ago in Shanghai to a Chinese mother and an African-American father. According to [...]
Posted in International News, Race
By The Admin on December 22, 2009
The Black Broadcasting Network (BBN), an African American owned and operated Cable Network by Pioneers, Entertainment Attorney Ricky Anderson and Yusef Muhammad, is now available on Verizon FiOS TV Video on Demand (VOD).
BBN is available nationwide (from New York to Los Angeles) on Verizon FiOS TV. The 24/7 network targets an underserved urban 18-34 demographic. [...]
Posted in Media
By The Admin on December 22, 2009
President Barack Obama on Monday rebutted critics who say he isn’t showing enough compassion toward black America, citing his health care effort as one example he says “will be hugely important” for blacks.
Obama said another example is the billions of dollars in aid to states included in the economic stimulus bill, money that was used [...]
Posted in White House
